The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 41 Matchlock Gun

"Bofei, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

People like Yun Bofei don’t like money and don’t seek status, but like ancient literati, they value reputation the most. If this gun can be successfully developed, then Yun Bofei will honor his ancestors and the Yun family will be passed down to future generations. This is not only Yun Bofei, but also his father Yun Yue's lifelong wish.

I know in my heart that the successful development of firearms is not an easy task. Although Yun Bofei has a deep knowledge of firearms, there are limitations of the times after all, and I only know a little bit, most of which I have read some introductions in books.With the current technology, the ignition technology alone is difficult to solve, not to mention the wide range of issues involved.However, things have to be done step by step. Yun Bofei's return is at least a good start.

The lack of scientific and technological talents was an extremely important problem in ancient times, and great scientists like Shen Kuo were ultimately depressed.The root cause is that those in power did not pay attention to it, which led to the rigid thinking of the ancient Chinese.

The development of this musket requires not only firearms experts, but also experts in mathematics, physics, chemistry and other industries. It is far from enough to rely on only one Yun Bofei, or even the entire gunpowder department.

I was eager for talents: "Everyone, the competition between countries is the competition of talents. What is a talent? Anyone who can be unique in various industries can be called a talent. Don't think that you can fight or write. The article is the talent, a lot of whimsical ideas, even random thoughts may invent things that change history, you all know that gunpowder was accidentally invented by the Taoists during alchemy, so you need to carefully observe the various people around you. All of them are talents, and I will reuse them, but to rejuvenate our dynasty, it is not enough to rely on me and you alone. In the future, everyone should pay attention to the people around them. As long as they have skills, I will reuse them. Even if Jia Si Dao, he has superb views on crickets, which is also a talent."

I don't care whether everyone here can understand, and I will speak out the talent concept of future generations in one go.

Are Shen Yiqiu and Quan Jue really scientific talents as I thought?

In history, there were almost no records of talents in this area in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, so let's discover it slowly.

Thinking of this, I took out a pile of papers full of calligraphy and paintings and said: "Bofei, these are some of my experiences, you can take a closer look at them, and remember to keep them secret."

Yun Bofei took the paper and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

These papers are all the patterns of modern guns and artillery that I drew from memory, as well as some simple principles of guns such as rope guns and muskets, and even the drawings and effects of grenades. I think that compared to guns, maybe The first to be put into actual combat is the grenade.

"By the way, Lan Yu, how is your journey?"

"Going back to His Majesty, it went smoothly. Yun Bofei's hometown is really hidden. If he wants to attack Mongolia in the future, it will be an excellent place to hide his troops."

"Well, Lan Yu, draw a picture and give it to me. Bofei, is your family settled down?"

"Your Majesty, you have settled down and are temporarily staying at Zhongfei's place."

"Okay, Bofei, take a few days off and go to the gunpowder workshop immediately. The research and development of firearms is very important, and it will become one of the final decisive factors in the Song-Mongol war." Seeing that everyone didn't seem to believe it, I continued, "This You don’t need to doubt it, you will know in the future.”

"Your Majesty, I plan to go to the Gunpowder Workshop tomorrow, Mr. Wen, do you think it will work?"

I smiled and said: "Bofei is so impatient, why not, Song Rui, you can arrange it tomorrow."

Wen Tianxiang also smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty."

"Song Rui, set up a small military camp near the Gunpowder Division. I plan to move the Youth Guard base to the foot of Luoshi Mountain."

"The minister obeys the order."

"Zhong Fei."

"Subordinates are here."

"You personally lead fifty imperial guards to guard the Gunpowder Department. Before the Youth Guards take over the defense, you need to ensure the safety of the Gunpowder Department."

"Subordinates obey."

"Lan Yu, Shen Mo, take a good rest these few days, you won't have to rest for the new year, and I will go to Kuaiji with me on the third day of the first lunar month."

"The minister obeys the order."

After reading my manuscripts, Yun Bofei couldn't wait to interject: "Your Majesty, I have just had a preliminary look at Your Majesty's manuscripts. It is simply a classic. I intend to skip the musket and directly study the arquebus and grenades. .”

"Oh, Bofei, you are indeed a master of firearms. How confident are you to understand so quickly?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I only understand a little bit, but I am [-] to [-]% sure, but the method of igniting the gunpowder is still completely unreasonable."

As far as I know, there is a metal hook on the gun of the matchlock gun. One end of the hook is fixed on the gun and can rotate around the axis. Push the fire door to make the matchstick ignite the black powder, and then launch the projectile in the gun chamber.

The ignition device is a match made of a hemp rope or a tightly twisted cloth strip, which is soaked in potassium nitrate or other salt solution and then dried. It can burn slowly, and the burning speed is about 80 mm to 120 mm per hour. , In this way, after the soldier presses the metal hook into the fire door, he can hold the gun with one hand or both hands, and keep his eyes on the target all the time.

But it is precisely because of the fire rope that the speed is relatively slow, and every soldier has to carry a fire rope tens of meters long when he goes out, which is very inconvenient.

According to historical records, a well-trained shooter can fire 3 bullets every 2 minutes, and the range of the long-barreled gun is about 100 meters to 200 meters.

But this speed is still far behind those skilled archers. A skilled archer can shoot nearly 1 feather arrows in one minute, and the distance can also exceed 40 meters.

Mongolian iron cavalry who are good at this can shoot more than [-] feathered arrows per minute even in riding and shooting.

However, if the three-stage shooting method of the later generations is followed, the entire row of the whole row is shot in rotation, and the psychological deterrent effect after the gunpowder is shot is added, the effect is still obvious.

Matchlock guns have four major disadvantages, one is the reason for the match, the other is troublesome operation, the third is affected by the weather, and the fourth is poor accuracy.So it was later replaced by more advanced flintlock guns.

It was also from the start of the flintlock gun that cold weapons were completely out of the game.

I thought to myself, as long as the arquebus can come out first, with the assistance of grenades, I can still fight the Mongols.If the flintlock gun can be developed in the Battle of Xiangyang three years later, it will win [-]% of the time, and it is time for me to recover the Central Plains, or the grenade and arquebus are enough to be undefeated.

The five years of Jingding have passed like this. For the people of the Song Dynasty, except for the change of an emperor, the rest is still the same. They are not interested in Lizong or Duzong, because in their opinion, there is nothing unusual about it.However, every person in the Song Dynasty, no matter they are poor or rich, happily rushed home years ago. The joy of family reunion and the hope for the coming year are always the same.

The wishes of the people in this era are so simple and simple, that is, they hope that the whole family can reunite and eat hot dumplings together in the New Year.

For me, it was the first New Year when I came to this world. In the past, at this time, I should worry about the train ticket again. Going home, the ticket is hard to buy, and if I don’t go home, I feel homesick again.

I began to miss home, I began to miss Lingshan, I began to miss my relatives and friends in future generations, and even the Spring Festival Gala with mixed reviews.